Backlash 2007

|Date: April 29, 2007 |Venue: Phillips Arena |City: Atlanta, Georgia |Attendance: 14,500 |Buys: 194,000 |Brand: Raw, Smackdown & ECW |tweet me: @BastionBlogger ThisPPV is centred around the backlash from Wrestlemania. The buyrate is terrible though, the worst of any Backlash event up to now. The WWE Championship is set to be defended as Randy Orton, Edge and Shawn Michaels vi for John Cena’s title. Originally Vince McMahon’s executive assistant on Raw, Jonathan Coachman, announced … Continue reading Backlash 2007

Wrestlemania 23

|Date: April 1, 2007 |Venue: Fort Field |City: Detroit, Michigan |Attendance: 80,103 |Buys: 1,188,000 |Brand: Raw, Smackdown & ECW |tweet me: @BastionBlogger All Grown Up. Wrestlemania has come a long way in 23 years but this event draws comparisons to Wrestlemania 3. This event has the highest number of buys of any WWE PPV ever up to now and officially has the second highest amount of buys of all time (as I write this … Continue reading Wrestlemania 23

New Year’s Revolution 2007

|Date: January 7th, 2007 |Venue: Kemper Memorial Stadium |City: Kansas City, Missouri |Attendance: 10,000 |Buys: 220,000 |Brand: Raw |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The Revolution Continues. D-Generation X are on the poster so presumably it is their revolution that is continuing. Tonight they’ll be in tag team action, they get a world tag team title shot against the champions Rated RKO. Randy Orton and Edge have stepped up their agression, bloodying both Shawn Michaela dn Triple … Continue reading New Year’s Revolution 2007

Survivor Series 2006

|Date: November 26, 2006 |Venue: Wachovia Center |City: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |Attendance: 15,400 |Buys: 383,000 |Brand: Raw, Smackdown & ECW |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The 20th anniversary of Survivor Series has a traditional feel to it with 3 of the 7 matches announced being traditional Survivor Series matches, which is the most amount of traditional matches since 1999. The main event however is for the World Heavyweight Championship as King Booker defends his belt against Batista. … Continue reading Survivor Series 2006

Cyber Sunday 2006

|Date: November 5, 2006 |Venue: U.S. Bank Arena |City: Cincinnati, Ohio |Attendance: 7,000 |Buys: 228,000 |Brand: Raw |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Log on. Take over. This is the debut Cyber Sunday pay per view which steps in where Taboo Tuesday left off. Clearly they thought that Sunday would be a more profitable day then Tuesday but buy rates are down from the previous year. The main event tonight is a unique one with all … Continue reading Cyber Sunday 2006

Unforgiven 2006

| Date: September 17, 2006 | Venue: Air Canada Centre | City: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Attendance: 16, 105 | Buys: 307,000 | Brand: Raw | tweet me: @BastionBlogger Unforgiven returns for a 9th year and in the main event the WWE Championship will be on the line. Edge walks in as champion having beaten Rob Van Dam for the title a couple of months ago and he has a familiar foe challenging for … Continue reading Unforgiven 2006

Backlash 2006

|Date: April 30, 2006 |Venue: Rupp Arena |City: Lexington, Kentucky |Attendance: 14,000 |Buys: 220,000 |Brand: Raw |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Long Live The King. Triple H has the chance to get back onto his throne tonight but it won’t be easy. Tonight’s main event will pit John Cena against Triple H and Edge in a triple threat match for the WWE Championship. Triple H and Edge both demanded a shot at Cena’s title and so … Continue reading Backlash 2006

Wrestlemania 22

|Date: April 2, 2006 |Venue: Allstate Arena |City: Rosemont, Illinois |Attendance: 17, 159 |Buys: 930,000 |Brand: Raw & Smackdown |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Big Time! That’s the theme for this show and it is certainly a show with a big time feel. There are eleven big matches making up the card of the biggest event of the year. For me, the WWE Championship is always the main event so I’ll being with that match. … Continue reading Wrestlemania 22

Royal Rumble 2006

|Date: January 29, 2006 |Venue: American Airlines Arena |City: Miami, Florida |Attendance: 16,000 |Buys: 550,000 |Brand: Raw & Smackdown |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The Royal Rumble, my favourite match of the year and tonight will be no different. There is no clear favourite going into the match but a handful of guys worth keeping your eye on. The likes of Triple H, Shawn Michaels and the returning Rob Van Dam representing Raw and Randy Orton, … Continue reading Royal Rumble 2006

New Year’s Revolution 2006

|Date: January 8, 2006 |Venue: Pepsi Arena |City: Albany, New York |Attendance: 11,000 |Buys: 300,000 |Brand: Raw |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The Elimination Chamber; 10 Tons of Steel. 2 Miles of Chain. One Man Left Standing. That is our main event for the evening. Eric Bischoffs last duty as Raw General Manager (before Vince McMahon fired him) was to make a 6 person Elimination Chamber match, stacking the odds against WWE Champion John Cena. There … Continue reading New Year’s Revolution 2006